TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Tozankaku Kyoto

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... head for supper to a place where I had 2 nights ago, its a omelet (kinda) place with really creepy wooden paintings all over the wall, all in some sort of pornographic, theme, creepiest thing I have ever seen, you seen with these mannequins dressed in kimonos, after a few beers we head to the hostel and I crash...................NEXT STOP NARA!!!!

Day 17 Oct 3

-Wake up gather my things, and find out how to head to get to Nara...have another half a day to kill ...

... they are talking to. I was reading somewhere that Geishas are losing traction in Japanese society as wives become more independent and cultured. In other words, back when men worked and women stayed at home, men were willing to pay to hang out with a woman who was cultured and, evidently, trained in the art of conversation, playing classical Japanese instruments, and drinking games. Now that wives are educated and have jobs, men ...

... Jikichu-tei, was created by Sen Rikyu himself. It’s a dry-landscape garden covered with moss. It features a gourd-shaped pond flanked by a Korean lantern (bought back from Korea). The gourd shape was a favourite of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was also present on his battle flag.

My favourite garden was at the very back of the temple. It is a small rectangular dry-landscape garden. At the north of it are installed several upright rocks representing a ...

... liquify/vaporize from just the natural moisture of my hand. There's not much wood around this part of the world to waste, I think. E.g. in Thailand there is no paper used in bathroom activities but a water hand shower instead. I saw a Japanese "water spray toilet" at the airport but unfortunately skipped it.

The walls are quite dull but I plan to decorate with removable wallpaper elements. My joy of smoking cigars is the highest in warm and ...